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“I’ll take dead aim at the cap-and-trade bill, because it’s bad for West Virginia,” Manchin says in the ad.

Energy reform always has been a touchy issue for West Virginia Democrats. But the late Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, whose seat Manchin is seeking to win, for example, began to warm to reform initiatives in his waning days in the Senate.

The ad, in which Manchin touts his pro-gun rights stance and endorsement from the National Rifle Association, comes in the wake of a controversy surrounding a commercial made for his Republican opponent, John Raese, featuring actors hired from a casting call seeking people with a “hicky” look.

Carrying a rifle throughout the entire 30-second spot, Manchin says “I approve this ad because I’ll always defend West Virginia.”

Good 'ol "rubberstamp Joe". This is the same guy who praised Obumbler and the Obamacare debacle and now wants voters to believe that he is "independent"? This clown will be another Obama Reid lackey and will vote yes for anything they want. The people of W.V are not stupid and that is why the republican is ahead.......

This thread begins with a commentator who suggests that "Democrats will say anything to get elected." But is it not the case that both Democrats and Republicans will say anything to get elected? There is an all-around lack of integrity in politics. Folks are spouting nonsense all around. Democrats and Republicans should spend less time on petty attacks against each other and more time demanding accountability from their leaders.

I, for one, am tired of stupidity in politics: there are no death panels and there never will be (Palin claim), the Republican fellow who dressed as a Nazi exercised poor judgement but is most likely not a sympathizer (some Democrats' claim), there is really no turn to socialism in America (as some Republicans claim) unless Social Security is some socialist plot, and Christine O'Donnell is not and never has been a witch (not sure who claims this, but it seems to have come up). All of this is utter nonsense. We need our leaders to lead and to come up with clear, thoughtful, innovative ideas for the future -- foolish rhetoric should be banished, as should those who use it to replace real civilized debate.

Well, I am a committed Democrat and assign the following BLAME for where we are after 19 months of one of the most intellectual, visionary, decent Presidents in US History:

10% to Obama's team for not communicating better the positives of his administration and letting others write the by-lines

10% to the Far Left of the Democratic Party

80% to the obstructionist/gun-toting/"trickle down economics" Republican Party - only two or three of whom have sporadically voted their own consciences - deferring instead to the tyrannical heads of their own party

Now as to Manchin's offensive latest effort to distance himself from President Obama with this AD, I would prefer a Republican to him.

Manchin is just saying he`ll oppose Cap and Trade to get elected. One in DC, he`ll be a rubberstamp for Obama to tax us to death. Manchin is already on record touting Cap and Trade and saying that within 20 to 30 years, coal will be finished. Vote for Raese WV...

Hey Joe, your'e in the wrong party. After your loss, go home hug your wife and switch parties. ALL those on the democratic side, generally support far left policies otherwise they would not be in this party.

Does anyone remember the outrage directed at Sarah Palin for having target symbols on her web page showing where a candidate she endorsed was opposing an endangered dem..... All of the howls of violent gun imagery and how that would somehow cause violence...... I wonder if we will hear the same level of outrage....... somehow I doubt it.......

By the way I think it is a great ad for a guy trying to distance himself from the Obama regime.....but I also think it is too late to help.....

Looks like the W.VA d-crat socialists ALSO had a casting call for "hicks" - and the slippery and slimy manchin transformed himself from one of the Elite Establishment to temporarily fit the part. The real question is: what part will he play on November 3rd?

Hey guess what, Joe? I'm a liberal democrat, and I know how to fire a gun, too! Quit trying to insult the people in your own party, whose support you will need in order to become a U. S. senator! If you're gonna go around acting like a republican, why not be true to your beliefs and just run as one? Or are you just too much of a poseur for that? After seeing this ad, I hope the republican does win. At least then, we'll have someone who isn't just pretending.

If you're gonna go around acting like a republican, why not be true to your beliefs and just run as one? Or are you just too much of a poseur for that? After seeing this ad, I hope the republican does win. At least then, we'll have someone who isn't just pretending.

Hey this is a first a Democrat that gets it. Pal this is what Democrats are doing this year you can even look at some others in WVA and notice that they do not even mention that they are democrats!

And those Democrats who are running scared are going to lose, and I hope that they do, because that is what they deserve. We already had one Democratic rep, Parker Griffith, switch over to the republican side earlier this year, and guess what? The GOP saw him for what he was, which is a traitor and a poseur, and he got primaried! Good riddance, I say! If you are going to change your core beliefs just so that you can stay in power, then you deserve to be defeated. To all the poseurs in both parties, good riddance! By the way, most of the true liberals are not running scared. My representative, Peter DeFazio, is a true progressive and a second amendment supporter, and he will be reelected in a landslide. That is because he is comfortable with who he is, and he is comfortable representing a district whose politics fit with his core beliefs. DeFazio will certainly get my vote Nov. 2!

This clown will do anything to get elected. Watch out voters. A true wolf in sheep's clothing. If this guy makes it to Washington, you can bet that he will vote with obozo right down the line. And I thought only Republicans clung to their guns and religion.